Antrim hurling boss Darren Gleeson says his side face into “some challenge” this weekend as they travel to take on Dublin at Parnell Park.

The Saffrons lost out late on against Kilkenny in their Allianz League opener last weekend, while Dublin drew with Waterford in Round 1.

Both sides head into tomorrow afternoon’s clash in the capital (3.30pm) searching for the first win over their campaign and Gleeson expects his side to be coming up against a stiff challenge from the hosts.

"Micheál Donoghue (Dublin manager) is putting his own stamp on things and the addition of Chris O’Leary from Cork into the middle of the field is some shove on,” he told BelfastLive.co.uk.

“I know they’ve lost a couple of key players in Chris Crummy and that, but they’ve talent and they’ve a serious minor and U20 system coming behind them.

“Micheál, I was talking to him that day in Dublin, he has a good bunch of 50, 55 players to pick from. That will be some challenge for us.”

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